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Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC3 · Chicago, IL · January 24, 1980

Date
January 24, 1980 · 06:30 local
Place
Chicago, IL
Airport
Midway
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Aircraft
N87FA
Reported as
Doug DC3
Reported engine
WRIGHT GR1820G103A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Engine lost power and was shut down. Rear sparkplug blown out of cylinder. Number 6 cylinder replaced.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE LOST POWER AND WAS SHUT DOWN. REAR SPARKPLUG BLOWN OUT OF CYLINDER. NUMBER 6 CYLINDER REPLACED.